Lead Member – Councillor Lee Chapman – Portfolio Holder for Health and Adult Social Care

Report of the Director of Adult Services

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RESOLVED:

i)             That a further commitment to resettle ten Syrian families during 2018/2019 be agreed;

ii)            That the response to UKVI regarding the request for Shropshire Council to commit to Asylum Dispersal in Shropshire be agreed.

In the absence of the Portfolio Holder, Councillor D Carroll presented the report from the Director of Adult Services setting out the current context relating to Syrian resettlement in the Shropshire Local Authority area.  He reported that the experience gained by the Cross Party Working Group would allow Shropshire to ably cope with the proposed cohort of ten Syrian families. He also paid tribute to the work of the two groups, ‘Shropshire Welcomes Refugees’ and ‘Oswestry Welcomes Refugees’.  He stressed that any commitment to Asylum Dispersal in Shropshire would serve only to dilute the skill acquired, members subsequently agreed the tabled response regarding the Dispersal Scheme for Adult Asylum Seekers, a copy of which is included with the formal record of the meeting.  

RESOLVED:

i)             That a further commitment to resettle ten Syrian families during 2018/2019 be agreed;

ii)            That the response to UKVI regarding the request for Shropshire Council to commit to Asylum Dispersal in Shropshire be agreed.